The escalation of tensions between Russia and Ukraine is likely to force buyers of wheat, corn and sunflower oil to look for alternative transportation routes, raising international food prices already close to multi-year highs, according to analysts and traders. with Reuters. World stock markets are falling today as oil moves higher amid concerns about a […]
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Inflation for a new record for January
By Tasos Dasopoulos The transfer of increases from energy products to food and services is expected to make the difference in the consumer price index for January, which will target new highs in the first month of 2022. Eurostat forecasts for last month’s harmonized index of consumer prices showed that in one month Greece exceeded […]
Piraeus Bank: Food prices are at a decade high
The international market of agricultural products continues to record high yields for another year (agricultural products index + 26.61% in 2021). As Piraeus Bank notes in the first bulletin of agricultural products for this year, the unfavorable weather conditions, the increased costs in the prices of fertilizers and raw materials, the jump in international energy […]
How much did the supermarkets increase their sales in 2021?
LAST UPDATE: 09.08 By George Lampiris Sales for all supermarkets increased by 1.3% in 2021, while high-speed consumer goods as a whole, which are sold through the shelves of chains, also show an upward trend, although more moderated by 0%. 7%, according to data from the measurement company Nielsen IQ. It should be noted, however, […]
Clothes and shoes won the retail bet
By George Lampiris The largest annual change in the volume index in retail trade in September 2021 compared to the corresponding month of 2020 is presented by clothing and footwear stores, as shown by data from the Hellenic Statistical Authority. Specifically, the index in the clothing and footwear sector increased by 26.5% from September to […]
EU experts have removed a popular dietary supplement from the list of safe foods. It is used in Ukraine
The common dietary supplement E171 (titanium dioxide) is no longer considered safe due to the inability to rule out its potential genotoxicity. This is stated in the updated recommendations of the European Food Safety Agency (ESFA). ESFA announced the need for more TiO research five years ago2, in order to obtain the most reliable […]
Insect allowed for the first time in the EU
The member states of the European Union approved the proposal of the European Commission to allow the consumption of the larva of the large flour beetle in the EU territory. It became the first insect allowed for human consumption in the EU. It is reported by DW. The European Commission sees insect products as […]
The Government will approve Nutriscore before the end of the year and will exclude olive oil but not ham
Government will approve Nutriscore before the end of the year, the controversial food front labeling system that is already in place in some countries, such as France or Germany, but which has not quite convinced some manufacturers and distributors in Spain. This has been confirmed by sources from the Ministry of Consumption, which have an […]